Point: Reconciling Epidemiology's Aspirations and Capabilities.
Point: Reconciling Epidemiology's Aspirations and Capabilities.
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要点：协调流行病学的愿望和能力。
DOI：
10.1093/aje/kwaa271
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Savitz,DavidA
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作者：
Savitz,DavidA
解释流行病学研究的结果需要客观和严格的审查，承认限制调查结果对公共卫生行动的适用性。目前的趋势对平衡科学客观性和有效性目标与公共卫生应用提出了新的挑战。流行病学的愿望和能力之间的持续紧张关系有几个来源：需要在研究提案中过度承诺，由于公共卫生的重要性而损害方法的严谨性，面对敌对的批评者捍卫研究结果，并吸引对研究有特定期望的核心选民。
Interpreting the results of epidemiologic studies calls for objectivity and rigorous scrutiny, acknowledging the limitations that temper the applicability of the findings to public health action. Current trends have posed new challenges to balancing goals of scientific objectivity and validity with public health applications. The ongoing tension between epidemiology’s aspirations and capability has several sources: the need to overpromise in research proposals, compromising methodological rigor because of public health importance, defending findings in the face of hostile critics, and appealing to core constituencies who have specific expectations from the research.